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Rare and Limited Holiday Beers

Our holiday beer order has finally arrived. All but two of these beers are exclusive to The Bayou and I am pretty sure we might be exclusive on the other two as well. Supplies are extremely limited (only 24 of a few of them, I won't tell you which) so don't wait too long before trying them.

Beer Name

Country

ABV

Size

Price

Ølfabrikken Kloster Jul

Denmark

8.0%

650 ml

15-

Ølfabrikken (The Beer Factory) is a small experimental brewery on the vibrant Danish beer scene. Kloster Jul is a hoppy Christmas Ale brewed with large quantities of American Chinook hops and wonderfully spiced with coriander and cinnamon.

The De Ranke brewers make small batches of what many consider the best specialty beers of Belgium. Their beers are robust and flavorful, and famous for their massive hoppiness. Pere Noel has a gorgeous cellar aroma with a distinctive hoppy dryness. A true Champagne of beers.

Serafijn Christmas Angel

Belgium

8.0%

750 ml

22-

A tiny Belgian brewery wedged into a crowded garage on a quiet street in a small Flemish town. Started by an ex music teacher, Achilles Van de Moer, makes simple, honest beers and takes as his symbol the Seraph, a six-winged high angel of heaven.
A hearty amber brew, well-balanced and warming with just the right spirit.

Jenlain Noel

France

6.8%

750 ml

19-

This holiday beer comes from Brasserie Duyck, in the tiny agricultural town of Jenlain, in the northeast of France, quite near the Belgian border. Famous for their Saison style Farmhouse ales, Jenlain's holiday beer has a rich full sweetness with a tinge of orange peel. A great dark holiday ale.

JDeschutes Abyss

USA

11.0%

651 ml

20-

Ranked #4 on BeerAdvocate.com's Top Beers on Planet Earth. The Abyss has huge depth and an amazingly rich and complex character. Full of licorish, molasses as well as coffee and roast, this 11% alcohol beer is one not to miss.

Deschutes Jubel 2010

USA

10.0%

651 ml

20-

This remarkable beer has been brewed only twice. Once in 2000 and again in 2010.
Originally created when a clumsy burglar didn’t realize the weight of his stolen keg of Jubelale. He dropped it outside to freeze in the season’s sub-zero temperatures - only to be discovered the next morning by Gary Fish, Deschutes Brewery's owner. More than half the liquid in the keg had frozen and the remaining beer was a very cold, highly concentrated “Jubelale on steroids.” It was so good that the brewers set about recreating it (minus the freezing part) coming up with an annual “Super Jubel” that is aged in Oregon oak pinot barrels.

Struise Tsjeeses

Belgium

10.0%

330 ml

14-

A deep blonde abbey-style trippel that has been aged for 8 months over different stone fruits. Once you try one you too will say “Tsjeeses, what a beer”.

Good beer news! We just received 5 cases of Lagunitas Hop Stoopid. 22 oz of full Double IPA hop goodness.

Here is what the brewer has to say about their beer:

For those mornings when you have to cut right to the chase, this is the one. Sure to blast through just about anything still lingering from the night before, this mouthful of Hops and huge rich Malt has a gaurantee built right into the name!